Open Heart City  project leaders were Professor Katherine O’Donnell of the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin and Professor Hugh Campbell of the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin

The team comprised a collaboration between the Open Heart City Collective and CoLab 81-7, a group of three emerging architecture offices: which includes, Denise Murray, Catherine Blaney of Dún-na-dTuar and Jonathan Janssens and Jennifer O’Donnell of plattenbaustudio.

CoLab 81-7 formed to develop alternative methods for practising architecture and advancing architectural discourse in Ireland. Collectively they have extensive experience of working on complex urban sites, collaborating with a range of actors to deliver long-term sustainable change; working with old building fabric; and using the architectural tools of workshops, exhibition and dissemination as a means through which to study, comprehend and communicate the complexities of the built environment.

Open Heart City engaged with M.Arch. students from UCD School of Architecture & Queen’s University Belfast School of Architecture and LLM students from the Human Rights Law Clinic at the University of Galway’s Irish Centre for Human Rights.

Photo by [Ste Murray @ste_murray @murray_ste ] 2022.